What is "dasyurinae"

The subfamily Dasyurinae includes several genera of small carnivorous marsupials native to Australia: quolls, kowari, mulgara, kaluta, dibblers, phascogales, pseudantechinuses, and the Tasmanian devil. The subfamily is defined largely on biochemical criteria.

Order Dasyuromorphia

• Family Thylacinidae
• Family Dasyuridae: (carnivorous marsupials)
  • Subfamily Dasyurinae:
    • †Wakamatha tasselii Archer & Rich, 1979; Mioc. Aust.
    • † Dasylurinja kokuminola Archer, 1982; Miocene
    • †Ankotarinja tirarensis Archer, 1976; Late Oligcene to Early Miocene
    • † Keeuna woodburnei Archer, 1976; Late Oligcene to Early Miocene
    • Tribe Dasyurini
      • Mulgaras = Dasycercus spp.
      • Little red kaluta = Dasykaluta rosamondae
      • Kowari = Dasyuroides byrnei
        • †Dasyuroides achilpatna Archer, 1982
      • Quolls = Dasyurus spp.
      • Some dasyures = Myoictis and Neophascogale spp.
      • Dibbler = Parantechinus apicalis
      • Marsupial shrews = Phascolosorex spp.
      • False antechinuses = Pseudantechinus spp. (includes sandstone dibbler)
      • Tasmanian devil = Sarcophilus harrisii
    • Tribe Phascogalini
      • Antechinuses = Antechinus spp.
      • Other dasyures = Micromurexia, Murexechinus, Murexia, Paramurexia, Phascomurexia spp.
      • Phascogales = Phascogale spp.
  • Subfamily Sminthopsinae: dunnarts, kultarr, planigales, and ningauas
• Family Myrmecobiidae